What Do You Value Most?

 

By Andrea Merrell

For there is no partiality with God.

Romans 2:11 NKJV

 

“Looking back over your life, what do you value most?” the speaker asked.

A man in the audience immediately raised his hand. “Myself,” he said without hesitation. Look at what I’ve accomplished. I started with nothing. Now I have it all.”

In this man’s mind he truly did have it all. Possessions. Positions. Titles. His great wealth and prestige made him feel on top of the world. He had little to no respect for those he felt were beneath him. He considered them of lesser value.

The Bible says, “there is no partiality with God.” In other words, He show no favoritism—regardless of worldly accomplishments or a person’s position in life.

What God values most is a heart that is fully committed to Him. A person who cares more about character, integrity, and generosity than what this world has to offer.

Solomon, the richest and wisest man who ever lived wrote:

So I became greater than all who had lived in Jerusalem before me, and my wisdom never failed me. Anything I wanted, I would take. I denied myself no pleasure. I even found great pleasure in hard work, a reward for all my labors. But as I looked at everything I had worked so hard to accomplish, it was all so meaningless—like chasing the wind. There was nothing really worthwhile anywhere. (Ecclesiastes 2:9-11 NLT)

Without God, life is meaningless, no matter how much stuff we acquire or how many platforms we stand on. We were created with a God-shaped void inside that nothing else can fill except Him. No earthly pleasure or possession can ever truly satisfy our soul.

Where do you place your value?

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